Imagine Trying to Get a Loan Without a Financial Identity
InVenture enables people in India and Kenya to send their financial data via SMS and get a simple financial overview of their monetary lives.
Economic Development - Most Popular
Social innovations that improve the living standards of the poor (more)
Community Development: Reflecting on What Works
The community development sector's traditional tools and relationships are outdated and insufficient to address current problems.
Podcast
Business
Entrepreneurship in Service to Economic Growth
Entrepreneurship concentrating on scientific collaborations and innovations is the key to fostering sustainable economic growth.
Entrepreneurial Solutions to Poverty
The executive director of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs makes the case for investing in small and growing businesses.
New Option for Retirees
State-sponsored pensions for private sector employees aim to stem US retirement insecurity.
From Dependency to Self-Sufficiency
The Africa Governance Initiative aims to support a new generation of African leaders building strong, transformative government institutions.
Review
Demographic Revision
The vast majority of neighborhoods in American cities do not "trade places." Instead, concentrated poverty and its opposite, concentrated affluence, are surprisingly persistent.
Investing in Arab Entrepreneurs
Endeavor’s expansion to Egypt and Jordan is helping to create thousands of jobs.
Designing a Social Impact Bond in the Tropics
Five early lessons on implementing SIBs in developing countries.